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  • Stuy Town tenants saved from rent hike

    More than 1,000 furious tenants at the Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village housing complex were saved from mid-lease rent increases yesterday after Attorney General Eric Schneiderman intervened. The hikes were scheduled to hit next month. Tenants won’t receive a hike so long as they sign an affidavit vowing that they had been promised set rents when they signed their leases. For Thomas ...

  • New York state announces plan for board to help cash-strapped cities

    New York Governor Andrew Cuomo arrives for a meeting with Appropriations Committee Chairman and Vice-Chairman Senator Daniel Inouye and Senator Thad Cochran on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 3, ...

  • NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo legislature leaders reach deal on 4 Upstate casinos abortion measure

    ALBANY, N.Y. -- A senior Cuomo administration official said Tuesday night there are deals with legislative leaders to authorize four Upstate casinos and also an agreement to break up a women's agenda package into separate bills including an abortion measure. Discussions continued into the night that could approve a big video slot machine center on Long Island. The official says there is ...

  • Ban on using welfare cash for strip clubs beer and illegal drugs approved by NY Senate

    If New York doesn't act to restrict the use of welfare cash to groceries and other necessities, the federal government will penalize the state by cutting $120 million in ...

  • Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies in car accident at 33

    Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles. Buzzfeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith says he learned from a family member that the 33-year-old died early Tuesday. Hastings wrote about politics for the popular news site and has written books about dealing with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Hastings won a Polk Award for magazine ...


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Movie Review

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Political thriller or political satire? "The Manchurian Candidate" is both, and although it was made in 1962, it has lost none of its edge or any of its biting attacks on the American political circus. It feels just as taut, just as scathing, and just as paranoid as it did thirty-five years ago. "The Manchurian Candidate" is mostly a cinematic backlash against the absurdities of the McCarthy hear ... ...

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  • Incumbents run unopposed in village elections

    Syracuse, NY -- Residents in the villages of Liverpool and North Syracuse went to the polls today to vote in races that featured incumbents who were running unopposed. In Liverpool, Mayor Gary C. White and trustees Robert Gaetano and Dennis Hebert ran for re-election. In North Syracuse, trustees Gary Butterfield and Alfred E. "Fred" Fergerson also ran for re-election. Judge Robert J. ...

  • Update Former Syracuse Mayor Matt Driscoll selling house moving to suburbs

    Update: A previous version of this story incorrectly said former Syracuse Mayor Matt Driscoll plans to stay in the city. He is moving to Onondaga Hill. The error is the ...

  • Secy of Ed. says states can shield teachers from new evaluation for a full year

    Terence Stamp doesn't think the new 'Man of Steel' stacks up Don’t expect to see Terence Stamp - who played baddie General Zod in ...

  • Yanks-Dodgers rained out twin bill Wednesday

    NEW YORK -- Don Mattingly will have to wait one more day to make his managerial debut in the new Yankee Stadium. The Yankees' game against the Dodgers on Tuesday night has been postponed. The teams will play a day-night split-admission doubleheader on Wednesday. Hiroki Kuroda will start for the Yankees at 1:05 p.m. ET, and Tuesday's scheduled starter, Phil Hughes, will pitch the ...

  • JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge Syracuse How did your co-worker relative friend do

    Shelby Joslyn 21:49 FLEET FEET How did your co-worker, relative, friend do? If you want to see all the results, just hit search. (Note: These are not complete yet; some racers times are not in.We will update tonight as they become ...

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